CVE-2023-27985

HIGH 7.8CVE-2023-27985 · Published 09/03/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-27985 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting emacs (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
emacs gnu	`≥ 28.1, ≤ 28.2`	No fix yet

Description

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

References

git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit · Issue Tracking
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1 · Mailing List
debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi · Issue Tracking
gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2 · Mailing List

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≥ 28.1, ≤ 28.2

No fix yet

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